Proceedings of the National Conference for Good City Government and Annual Meeting of the National Municipal League

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Municipal League, 1900
 

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Página 98 - It may license, tax, and regulate all trades, occupations, and businesses, and shall be vested with power to, acquire, hold, manage, and control property, perform and render all public services, and with all powers of government, subject to such limitations as may be contained in the constitution and laws of the state...
Página 196 - That all franchises or rights granted under this Act shall forbid the issue of stock or bonds except in exchange for actual cash or for property at a fair valuation equal to the par value of the stock or bonds...
Página 115 - Such grant, and any contract in pursuance thereof, may provide that upon the termination of the grant the plant as well as the property, if any, of the grantee in the streets, avenues, and other public places shall thereupon, without...
Página 110 - Duties of mayor — to be the chief executive officer and head of the police. The mayor shall take care that the laws of the state and the ordinances of the city are duly observed and enforced, and that all other executive officers of the city discharge their respective duties.
Página 171 - ... competition, none really takes place, and practically they are found to be even more irresponsible, and unapproachable by individual complaints, than the government. There are the expenses without the advantages of plurality of agency; and the charge made for services which cannot be dispensed with, is, in substance, quite as much compulsory taxation as if imposed by law: there are few householders who make any distinction between their " water rate
Página 115 - Every such grant shall specify the mode of determining any valuation therein provided for, and shall make adequate provision by way of forfeiture of the grant, or otherwise, to secure efficiency of public service at reasonable rates, and the maintenance of the property in good order throughout the term of the grant.
Página 251 - The examination of public accounts is technical and embraces the checking of every item whether great or small, the subsequent footing of the cash accounts, and finally their summation.
Página 93 - Many in sad faith sought for her, Many with crossed hands sighed for her ; But these, our brothers, fought for her, At...
Página 160 - Glasgow by night, he will meet with ample proof of these observations; he will no longer wonder at the disorderly habits and profligate enjoyments of the lower orders; his astonishment will be. not that there is so much, but that there is so little crime in the world. The great cause of human corruption in these crowded situations is the contagious nature of bad example and the extreme difficulty of avoiding the seductions of vice when they are brought into close and daily proximity with the younger...
Página 9 - OFFICERS President, JAMES C. CARTER, New York. First Vice-President, CHARLES RICHARDSON, Philadelphia. Second Vice-President, SAMUEL B. CAPEN, Boston. Third Vice-President, THOMAS N. STRONG, Portland, Ore. Fourth Vice-President, H. DICKSON BRUNS, New Orleans. Fifth Vice-President, EDMUND J. JAMES, Chicago. Secretary, CLINTON ROGERS WOODRUFF, Philadelphia. Treasurer, GEORGE BURNHAM, JR., Philadelphia. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHARLES J. BONAPARTE, Chairman, 216 St.

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